Insects.- Albin (Eleazar) A Natural History of English Insects...[with] Large Notes and many curious Observations by W[illiam] Derham, fifth edition, with Derham's notes but without list of subscribers or index (as often), 100 hand-coloured engraved plates after Albin, plate 84 heightened with gold, each dedicated to a specific subscriber at foot, many identified in contemporary ink manuscript at head or to outer margin, light offsetting to text but plates clean and bright, modern bookplate of John Sheffield, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, a little rubbed, slight stain to lower cover, spine ends a little worn and joints cracked, [Lisney 123; Nissen ZBI 58], 4to, for [by William Bowyer], William Innys, 1749.

⁂ Important work on British entomology, first published in 1720, with notes by William Derham, best known for his Artificial Clockmaker of 1696. ESTC notes that according to the records of the printer William Bowyer only 150 copies were printed.